现在 (現在)
xiàn zài
Pinyin
Definition
现在 (現在)
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- now
- at present
- at the moment
- modern
- current
- nowadays
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
- 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
- 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
事在人为
- 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
- 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
Sample Sentences
现在很多学生,上课的时候不是在打盹儿,就是在和哥们儿聊天儿,没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了,很不是滋味儿。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
现在已经深夜十二点了,他还在工作。
It’s now midnight, yet he’s still at work.
现在下班了,请你明天再来吧。
It’s after office hours now, please come back again tomorrow.
目前,欧洲多数高校采用录播、直播课程以及教学课件相结合的方式。英国伦敦大学教授宁陆涛说,几十年前,英国就已经开展网络教学,但多是线上和线下互相补充的混合授课。现在全面改为网络教学,还没有遇到很大的技术障碍,学生整体反馈比较好。
Currently, most of the European universities are adopting the method of combining pre-recorded lessons, livestream lessons, and coursewares. Professor Ning Lu-Tao from University of London said that the UK launched online teaching several decades ago, but most of those mixed courses are complementary in terms of online and offline teaching. Now they have changed entirely to online teaching without facing severe technical challenges, and received better overall feedback from the students.
对于教师来讲,我们也要花更多精力调整讲课方式、语速、课件等,尽量使网课不那么枯燥。”比利时荷语布鲁塞尔自由大学讲师张蕾表示,“我们被迫取消很多实践及动手类的课程。比如我这学期的课程原本是要带学生们去参观欧盟机构、各大公司,与一线管理技术人员交流座谈,但现在只能变成讲理论和基础知识的网课。肯定是有很多遗憾,但目前来讲,也没有别的解决办法。”
"For teachers, we need to put more effort into adjusting teaching methods, speed of speech, and coursewares in order to make the lessons less boring. " Zhang Lei, a teacher from Free University of Brussels in Belgium said that, "We are forced to cancel many practical and hands-on courses. For example, my plan for the course this semester was to bring students on a tour in EU institutes and big companies, as well as in an exchange forum with front-line management and technical personnel. But now they have been changed to online ones about theory and basic knowledge. That is definitely a pity, but there is no other solution now. "
那王总,您现在有空吗?
Then Mr. Wang, do you have time right now?
要不这样,择日不如撞日,我们今晚吃顿饭吧,我现在就去接您。
What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.
现在啊,现在倒是有点时间。
I actually have some free time now.
李秀英这种人之后一定会露出马脚,你干嘛现在自毁前途呢?
Xiuying Li will eventually show her true colors, why would you ruin your own career now?
我们这儿虽然没封城,但是现在还是很危险,你一定得去吗?
Although our city is not on lockdown, it is still quite dangerous, do you really have to go?